The Lot 7 contract also includes the 1st production Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) payloads, which will be contractually awarded later this year.
The Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion program, for example is the next generation, advanced ground moving target sensor for counterland and cruise missile defense missions.
Industry Report Following the first Gulf War and as a solution to Nato's AGS needs, the United States Government proposed a radar based on the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-Rtip), a modular, scaleable sensor with simultaneous Sar (synthetic aperture radar) and MTI (moving target indication) facilities, developed jointly by Northrop Grumman and Raytheon.
This milestone comes on the heels of several recent successes, including the Global Hawk's 2,000th mission, deployment of the first Navy aircraft for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstration (BAMS-D) program, the first series of flight tests for its Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP) on the Block 30 configuration, and completion of initial testing of the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensor for the Block 40 aircraft.
This milestone comes on the heels of several recent successes, including the Global Hawk's 2,000th mission, deployment of the first Navy aircraft for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstration (BAMS-D) program, the first series of flight tests for its Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP) on the Block 30 configuration, and completion of initial testing of the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensor for the Block 40 aircraft.
Ashton Carter, Pentagon acquisition czar, this month approved Northrop Grumman s production of Lot 8 vehicles, including two Block 30s (which will carry the Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload) and three Block 40s, which will provide ground surveillance using the Northrop Grumman/Raytheon Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) active electronically scanned array radar.
